Recent travel news for Bangkok
New airline to fly Singapore Bangkok route
14 May 2012
A newly established airline has announced that it will start serving the busy Singapore to Bangkok route. Singapore based airline Scoot said last week that it will begin daily flights from 5 July.
Bangkok hospital to trade on stock exchange
7 May 2012
Private Bangkok hospital operator Srivichai Vejvivat Company will offer public shares on the Thai stock exchange from Wednesday. The company will trade as VIH on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and is the first Thai hospital to list in over seven years.
Thai fitness centre chain facing bankruptcy
30 Apr 2012
Leading Thai fitness operator, California WOW Xperience (CAWOW), has been taken to court by its principal creditor. Bangkok Bank is suing the proprietors of the company for bankruptcy because they have not repaid debts of 72 million Baht and also the outstanding 4 million Baht in interest accrued on the principal.
Watching porn lands Thai MP in hot water
23 Apr 2012
A Thai member of Parliament photographed looking at an indecent image on his phone is facing an investigation by the ombudsman. Nat Bantadtan was at a Parliamentary reading in Bangkok of a bill amending the charter on Wednesday, when he was snapped while opening the image on his smart phone.
Another Bangkok road develops a crater
16 Apr 2012
Bangkok’s continuing problems with road subsidence continued last week when another hole appeared on one of its principal arterial routes. Motorists on Phaya Thai Road last Wednesday morning were shocked when it suddenly developed a crater.
Monk pilgrimage jams Bangkok streets
9 Apr 2012
Saffron-robed monks on a religious pilgrimage caused chaos on the streets of Bangkok last week. Around 1,500 monks trekked in from a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani Province, north of the Thai capital, to another temple in the western Phasi Charoen District of the city.
